Guyana | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Records
63
Source
Guyana | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
94.94926703 1960
95.99499848 1961
96.78793507 1962
97.3105255 1963
97.60533875 1964
97.76689378 1965
97.83957094 1966
97.82037751 1967
97.68432863 1968
97.43082656 1969
97.09125552 1970
96.22551212 1971
94.80553256 1972
93.17871947 1973
91.33065925 1974
89.29923196 1975
87.11699882 1976
84.85201021 1977
82.58181218 1978
80.38655072 1979
78.3203046 1980
76.00399277 1981
73.47800576 1982
71.17008912 1983
69.09093378 1984
67.24282149 1985
65.6259239 1986
64.23300867 1987
63.07370898 1988
62.1692149 1989
61.50319589 1990
60.90880432 1991
60.48992848 1992
60.30734465 1993
60.20387061 1994
60.21022718 1995
60.32448932 1996
60.52311812 1997
60.77161046 1998
61.02069112 1999
61.22159718 2000
61.32013624 2001
61.26597467 2002
60.79790417 2003
59.90532679 2004
58.81539279 2005
57.44284684 2006
55.86840526 2007
54.27328595 2008
52.69310585 2009
51.15930002 2010
49.71244172 2011
48.39970738 2012
47.50523917 2013
46.98202249 2014
46.54516692 2015
46.20337347 2016
45.96337468 2017
44.63476739 2018
44.02465135 2019
44.36295721 2020
44.09034346 2021
43.94811558 2022
Guyana | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Records
63
Source